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Introduction

Simon Cooke, Managing Director, 6 Alpha Associates

Welcome to the very first edition of The 6 Alpha Associates BulletIn, our new company newsletter, to be published once a quarter. In it, we’ll showcase and share some of the work that the teams are working on behind the scenes, we’ll share examples of best practice and we’ll most likely offer an opinion or two about what’s happening within our key markets, too.

Munitions migration: be aware

Camilla Rowe, Project Manager, 6 Alpha Associates

Developers, utilities and asset owners are failing to take account of the risks posed by munitions moving from their recorded positions during the operations and maintenance phases of their projects. That is according to Camilla Rowe, Project Manager at specialist offshore risk consultancy, 6 Alpha Associates.

Media Highlight: 6 Alpha Associates in Recharge

Prominent renewable energy magazine, Recharge, recently interviewed 6 Alpha’s Simon Cooke for an extensive feature on the threat posed by unexploded ordnance to the offshore wind industry. The article is the cover story in this month’s EWEA Offshore Special Edition.

Getting to grips with geoscience

Peter Skjellerup, Geocos

Applied geoscience already plays a critical role for the successful development of offshore wind projects. Peter Skjellerup, former chief specialist at DONG Energy and now owner and consulting geophysicist at Geocos, outlines how an enhanced understanding of this sector can help developers better understand and mitigate future project risk.